Taranaki Surf

Detailed Taranaki surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Taranaki. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Taranaki. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Taranaki over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Taranaki and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Taranaki Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Taranaki Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Taranaki coastline are also listed below.

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	Thu	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Bell Block Reef Taranaki	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	2	2	2	3	0	3	2	0	0	3	2	3	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	16	15	14	13	18	16	14	13	13	8	7	15	13	13	12	12	12	20	18	18	17	16
Energy	217	375	254	353	348	651	615	431	435	684	356	1187	1246	342	806	627	410	588	792	1453	965	2294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross	glass	glass	on	on	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:53AM 2.72	3:04AM 2.99	3:31PM 2.47		4:22AM 2.92	4:56PM 2.78		5:28AM 2.64		6:03PM 2.82	6:35AM 3.00		7:05PM 2.64	7:18AM 2.78		7:52PM 2.77	8:07AM 2.88		8:24PM 2.81	8:37AM 2.85		9:48PM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)		9:26AM 0.99		9:50PM 0.74	10:40AM 1.02		11:05PM 0.76	11:51AM 0.67		12:19AM 0.95		12:50PM 0.56	1:09AM 0.59		1:37PM 0.56	1:57AM 0.50		2:11PM 0.33	2:30AM 0.40		2:56PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	14	15	11	15	15	14	17	17	15	16	18	15	16	17	13	16	15	16	16	17	11
Low °C	10	12	13	11	14	12	14	16	15	13	14	15	14	13	15	12	14	15	15	15	13	10
Chill °C (?)	9	14	15	10	14	15	13	17	16	13	16	18	14	16	16	13	15	14	15	16	16	9
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	13	16	14	7	13	12	7	15	13	7	12	7	7	11	13	13	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.2 W	0.1 N	0.5 SW	-	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	12	20	18	13	6	13	20	14	16	-	13	13	18	12	12	20	18	18	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	1.7 WSW	-	-	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 SSE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	3	4	-	3	5	-	-	-	7	8	-	8	8	-	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	8

	Thu	Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	4	4	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	18	18	18	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	6
Energy	315	217	675	658	263	259	389	388	342	235	226	513	633	272	735	1028	1183	735	750	698	431	116
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			2:53AM 2.72					3:31PM 2.47				4:11AM 2.63				4:54PM 2.44				5:19AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)	8:37PM 0.62					9:26AM 0.99				9:52PM 1.06				10:33AM 0.70				10:55PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	10	12	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	13	14	15	14	14	12	12	12	15	17
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	10	12	14	13	11	10	11	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	16	15	15	15	14	14	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	17	13	5	5	12	12	13	6	8	21	20	18	18	13	11	-	-	6	6	7	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.3 S	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	6	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6

	Thursday 23	Friday 24
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Awakino River Mouth Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	0	4	4	3	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period(s)	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	12	15	15	15	14	15
Energy	286	223	435	429	217	217	373	488	488	293	364	658	658	218	281	426	390	355	352	347	257	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)									2:53AM 2.72	3:04AM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)			8:37PM 0.62													9:24AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	9	11	13	13	15	16	16	15	12
Chill °C (?)	9	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	11	8	9	13	13	15	16	16	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	15	15	15	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	17	17	17	17	13	13	16	5	5	7	7	5	5	12	15	15	15	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.4 SE	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	3	6	6	3	3	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-